BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3036
ya.don — Jadon
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.7 § Jadon = "thankful" a Meronothite and one of the builders of the walls of Jerusalem
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Judge, a Meronothite who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:7).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
